The 2014 BlueCat Joplin Award Winning Screenplay, Ã¢â‚¬Å“The Longest BirthdayÃ¢â‚¬Â by Savion Einstein has been optioned for production by Victoria Films and was presented at the Venice Film Market Pitching Forum. It was also selected for the Film London Production Finance Market and will be participating at BÃ¢â‚¬â„¢est Eave this year.

2007 BlueCat Winner Ana Lily AmipourÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s debut feature, Ã¢â‚¬Å“A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night,Ã¢â‚¬Â was produced by Elijah Wood and premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. It will be distributed by Kino Lorber (Oldboy, Manuscripts DonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t Burn) nationwide in Fall 2014. She is currently teaming up with Megan EllisonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Annapurna Pictures for her sophomore feature film THE BAD BATCH.

BlueCat Finalist Aaron GuzikowskiÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s #1 Film Ã¢â‚¬Å“Prisoners,Ã¢â‚¬Â (Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Melissa Leo) was released in September 2013 through Warner Brothers. Guzikowski is also the creator of Ã¢â‚¬Å“The Red Road,Ã¢â‚¬Â (Martin Henderson, Jason Momoa, Julianne Nicholson) which is SundanceTVÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s second scripted original series. He was recently hired to scribe UniversalÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s upcoming THE WOLFMAN.

2014 BlueCat Winner HF Crum has signed with manager Michelle Knudsen at MXN. Knudsen co-produced Jason BatemanÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Ã¢â‚¬Å“Bad WordsÃ¢â‚¬Â and also represents screenwriting team Yana Gorskaya & Maia Rossini, who are currently writing a film for FOX and director Paul Feig. CrumÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Ã¢â‚¬Å“3 Faces of Hunger & ThirstÃ¢â‚¬Â won Best Feature Screenplay at the 2014 Slamdance Screenplay Competition.